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Imagine A Society That Subjects People To Conditions That Make Them Terribly Unhappy, Then Gives Them The Drugs To Take Away Their Unhappiness. Science Fiction? It Is Already Happening To Some Extent In Our Own Society... Instead Of Removing The Conditions That Make People Depressed, Modern Society Gives Them Antidepressant Drugs. In Effect, Antidepressants Are A Means Of Modifying An Individual's Internal State In Such A Way As To Enable Him To Tolerate Social Conditions That He Would Otherwise Find Intolerable.

If The System Breaks Down The Consequences Will Still Be Very Painful. But The Bigger The System Grows The More Disastrous The Results Of Its Breakdown Will Be, So If It Is To Break Down It Had Best Break Down Sooner Rather Than Later.

But What First Motivated Me Wasn't Anything I Read. I Just Got Mad Seeing The Machines Ripping Up The Woods.

The Concept Of "mental Health" In Our Society Is Defined Largely By The Extent To Which An Individual Behaves In Accord With The Needs Of The System And Does So Without Showing Signs Of Stress.

In Modern Industrial Society Only Minimal Effort Is Necessary To Satisfy One's Physical Needs.